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John Tavener

composer, conductor, soloist
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  • Tavener: Ypakoë for piano
    Sostmann2025 Prospero Classical
  • Tavener: The World & Diódia
    RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet, Ellis, Pascoe, Aspell, Marwood, Rozario2001 Hyperion
  • Sir John Tavener: Sacred Music
    Robinson, Choir of St George's Chapel, Judd1991 Hyperion
  • Sir John Tavener: Choral Music
    Layton, Polyphony, Bowers-Broadbent, Millett2004 Hyperion
  • Tavener: No Longer Mourn for Me & Other Works for Cello
    Isserlis, Wellber, Philharmonia Orchestra, Norrington, LaFollette, Dearnley, Enderle Samatanga, Waterman, Huber, Hunter, Rose, Sampa, Trinity Boys Choir2020 Hyperion
  • Lionel Martin performs Tavener
    Martin, Niemeyer, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Weinberg, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart2023 SWR Classic
  • Tavener: The Protecting Veil & The Last Sleep of the Virgin
    Werthen, I Fiamminghi, The Orchestra of Flanders, Springuel, Willems1998 Telarc
  • Tavener: Missa Wellensis
    Owens, Wells Cathedral Choir, MacLeod-Jones2016 Signum Classics
  • Tavener: Eis Thanaton & Theophany
    Hickox, Rozario, Richardson, City of London Sinfonia, Birchall, Feaviour, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra2013 Chandos
  • Tavener: Akhmatova Requiem & 6 Russian Folk Songs (Live)
    Bryn-Julson, Shirley-Quirk, Rozhdestvensky, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ross, Nash Ensemble2014 NMC Recordings
  • Tavener: Ypakoë
    Riu, Rozario, Gould, Rooke, Wallace, Miller, Gardham, Gunton, Haggart, Tavener, Haslam, Lewis, Wicks, Taylor, Scottish Ensemble, The Wallace Collection, Canty2014 Linn Records
  • The Protecting Veil & Wake Up...and Die (Remastered)
    Ma, Zinman, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra1998 Sony Music Entertainment
  • Tavener: The Veil of the Temple
    Rozario, Wall, Vale, Rupp, Guthrie, Peacock, Birchall, Layton, English Chamber Orchestra, The Holst Singers, Temple Church Choir2014 Signum Classics
  • The Essential John Tavener
    Brown, Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Jones, Crawford, Summerly, Choir of London Orchestra, Choir of London, Robinson, Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, Yuasa, Ulster Orchestra, McVinnie, Kliegel, Raat, Hulse, Berkieta, Jacobs, Hugh2014 Naxos
  • Tavener: Pratirūpa
    Raat, Falletta, Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic2013 Naxos
  • Essential Tavener
    Layton, Temple Church Choir, The Holst Singers, Clein, English Chamber Orchestra, Grice, Benedetti, Litton, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Rupp, Vivian, Millett, Toms, Brno Philharmonic2013 Decca Music Group Ltd.
  • Ikon of Light Special Commemorative Edition
    Christophers, The Sixteen, Duke Quartet2003 CORO
  • Tavener: We shall see him as he is - Eis Thanaton - Theophany
    Hickox, Rozario, Ainsley, Murgatroyd, Senter, BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, BBC Welsh Chorus, Britten Singers, Chester Festival Chorus, Richardson, City of London Sinfonia, Birchall, Feaviour, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra2012 Chandos
  • Tavener: Choral Ikons
    Whitbourn, The Choir2011 Opus Arte
  • Tavener, J.: Ex Maria Virgine (Clare College Choir)
    Brown, Choir of Clare College Cambridge, McVinnie, Berkieta, Jacobs2008 Naxos
  • John Tavener: Requiem
    Petrenko, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Knight, Manahan Thomas, Kennedy, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Palmer2009 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd.
  • John Tavener: Requiem
    Petrenko, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Knight, Manahan Thomas, Kennedy, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Palmer2011 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd.
  • Tavener: Canciones Españolas - Requiem for Father Malachy
    Tavener, Nash Ensemble, Bowman, Smith, The King's Singers2009 Lyrita
  • 20th Century Classics: John Tavener
    Isserlis, Rozhdestvensky, London Symphony Orchestra, Hill, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Dunnett, Simcock, Kendall, Chilingirian Quartet, Kringelborn, Sweeney, Wright, Rakowski, Kostecki, Cruft, Shave, Kiernan2009 Warner Classics
  • Tavener: Piano Works
    Raat2008 Naxos
  • Tavener: Lament for Jerusalem
    Jones, Crawford, Summerly, Choir of London Orchestra, Choir of London2006 Naxos
  • Tavener: Thunder entered her
    Hill, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Kendall, Dunnett, Kringelborn, Simrock, Sweeney, Wright, Rakowski, Kostecki, Cruft, Shave, Kiernan2001 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd./Virgin Classics
  • Tavener: Total Eclipse & Agraphon
    Goodwin, Academy of Ancient Music, Robson, Harle, Gilchrist, Rozario, Choir of New College Oxford2001 harmonia mundi usa
  • John Tavener: Eternity's Sunrise
    Goodwin, Academy of Ancient Music, Rozario, Academy of Ancient Music Chorus, Gooding1999 harmonia mundi usa
  • Ikon of Light
    Christophers, The Sixteen, Duke Quartet2003 Coro
  • Tavener - Svyati
    Isserlis, Rozario, Spivakov, Moscow Virtuosi, Phillips, Bennion Feeney, Phillips, Hobdych, Kyiv Chamber Choir1997 BMG Music
  • The John Tavener Collection
    Layton, Temple Church Choir, The Holst Singers, Clein, English Chamber Orchestra, Grice, Rupp, Vivian, Millett2003 Decca Music Group Ltd.
  • Tavener : Lamentations & Praises
    Jennings, Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra, Chanticleer2002 Warner Classics International
  • Tavener: Song for Athene / Svyati
    Robinson, Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, Hugh2000 Naxos
  • Tavener: Fall and Resurrection
    Rozario, Chance, Hill, Richardson, Peacock, Hickox, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Singers, St. Paul's Cathedral Choir2000 Chandos
  • Tavener: Protecting Veil / In Alium
    Yuasa, Ulster Orchestra, Kliegel, Hulse1999 Naxos
  • Innocence
    Neary, Westminster Abbey Choir, Baker, Neary, Fullbrook, Titus, Nixon, Rozario, English Chamber Orchestra1995 Sony Classical
  • Tavener: We Shall See Him As He Is
    Rozario, Murgatroyd, Ainsley, Senter, Hickox, Britten Singers, Chester Festival Chorus, BBC Welsh Chorus, BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra1992 Chandos
  • Tavener Conducts Tavener
    Tavener, Cappella Nova, Wayman, Wyn Roberts, Neal, Charrier, Haslam, Troilus, Lewis, Tavener, Canty2015 Linn Records
  • Tavener: Song for Athene etc.
    Cleobury, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Hill, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Kendall, Dunnett, Kringelborn2011 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd.
  • Vaughan-Williams and Tavener
    Benedetti, Litton, London Philharmonic Orchestra2007 Universal Classics & Jazz
  • Kancheli: Styx; Tavener: The Myrrh-Bearer
    Rysanov, Sirmais, Liepājas Simfoniskais orķestris, Chamber Choir Kamēr...2007 Onyx Classics
  • Tavener : The last sleep of the Virgin & Thunder entered her
    Hill, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Chilingirian Quartet, Chilingirian, Sewart, Rowland-Jones, Groote, Dunnett, Kendall, Simcock, Kringelborn, Sweeney, Cruft, Kostecki, Wright, Shave, Rakowski, Kiernan2009 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd.
  • Tavener: The Protecting Veil
    Barley, Sinfonietta Riga, Fouéré, Christie, Singh2019 Signum Records
  • Crossing Over
    Guard, Skylark Vocal Ensemble, Moyer, Rood, Petrus2016 Sono Luminus
  • 99 Words
    Digby, Voce Chamber Choir, Barley, Sherlock, Beale2018 Signum Classics
  • Tavener: Ikon of Eros
    Rozario, Krol, Fleezanis, Goodwin, Minnesota Orchestra, Minnesota Chorale, Newhouse, Tavener2012 Reference Recordings
  • Tavener: John Tavener - A Portrait (Mccleery)
    Tavener, RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet, Ellis, Pascoe, Aspell, Marwood, Robinson, Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, Duke Quartet, Koster, Metcalfe, McCready, Rozario, Yuasa, Christophers, Ulster Orchestra, Brodsky Quartet, Hulse, Murphy, Gilbert, Hammann, Shames, Bowyer, Richards, Shaw, Kliegel, Varcoe, Myers, Guðmundsdóttir, Haveron, Belton, Cassidy, Thomas, Fleezanis, Lancelot, Friend, Goodwin, Short, Auréole Trio, Durham Cathedral Choir, Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Minnesota Chorale, Minnesota Orchestra, Tenebrae2004 Naxos
  • John Tavener: The Protecting Veil
    Isserlis, Rozhdestvensky, London Symphony Orchestra1992 Warner Classics
  • Tavener: The Protecting Veil
    Isserlis, Rozhdestvensky, London Symphony Orchestra1992 The copyright in this sound recoridng is owned by EMI Records Ltd./Virgin Classics